I read in other articles that this was the biggest wave in recorded history, one that reached a height higher then that of the Empire State building. However, according to this simulation, it was the splash that made it the highest wave in recorded history, not the actual wave that was produced afterwards.
The first wave that shoots up into the air, to the left where the glacier is, must be what the witness Bill Swanson said he saw moving over the mountain. This makes much more sense than the glacier itself lifting several hundred feet into the air, when it's still attached to the surrounding mountains.
The glacier itself was moved and broken apart from the earthquake as well as the massive rock fall. They happened in roughly the same section so it magnified the wave.
Glaciers by definition are masses of partially melted pack ice which are slowly sliding in some direction. They aren’t attached to anything; it’s their massive weight that keeps them so slow, but they’re always moving and shifting, very very slowly.
What an incredible sight it would have been. Not to actually be there, of course, that would be terrifying… but i wish i could see what it looked like that day. A birds eye view. Would be insane.
Actually a father and son witness it and actually took them for a ride the kid now an older senior has told his story u should look it up it’s interesting
In one minute the bay water basin immediately adjacent to the landslide is simultaneously ejected into the air and displaced, showing a huge tower of water and a massive water cavity exposing the seafloor, with this huge volume of water alternating between the two states as the water level slowly settled again. What a sight and sound and feel that must have been!
I've been in and out of Lituya Bay many times commercial fishing during the summers. One year during shrimping seson we stayed in Lituya Bay for 3 weeks. Truly amazing and chilling seeing the damage done all these years later. Also the wildlife is abundant, saw a Sow and her two cubs on Cenotaph island plus many others on land. Seen Moose and a Wolf, and Billy's up high above the tsunami zone.
Can't even begin to imagine what a 1,720' tsunami would even look like...ive been out in 15-20+, stood on the beach & watched 30'+...those looked BIG. But 1720ft is just ridiculous
@@fudruckers3916 The initial giant wave right after the splash though got up to 125+ meters before splashing and causing the record breaking wave break
The high water mark was roughly 1,720 feet I think, the small size of the bay and the suddenness of the landslide made it impossible for the water to flow behind the landslide so it grew to enormous heights. Taller than the Empire State Building. Yikes. @techcv Are you taking a college course in geology? If so, where?
I dont think it's just the water that splashed caused the trees to be uprooted, perhaps it was the chunks of ice + rocks that washed the opposite bank and shaved off the trees. See how the tsunami in Miyagi did that to the houses? Water provide the energy, the uprooting of trees caused by the solid matter contents in the splashing water.
I think the 1700ft isn’t explained right. They are saying 1700 feet, but saying the water went up to 1700ft meaning with momentum it pushed its way up 1700ft into the coast. I don’t necessarily think it was a 1700ft tall wave.
Plus de 520 mètres de haut. La vague aurait pu submerger l'Empire State Building de New York. Plusieurs vagues secondaires ont dépassé 200 mètres de haut.
That simulation lacks the over-wash on the southern peninsula where they originally said their boat set down. I believe them, but cant the scientists stop trying to be animators? I do like their graphics, don't get me wrong, but they rode one wave, not twenty as in the sims.
I thought the two witnesses - father and son - rode the wave over Cenotaph Island in the center. But the modeling does not show the island being submerged.
Unbelivable that landslide could produce a wave like that! Would imagine that the damages would be 1000 times serious! Wave rolling throught whole Alaska and Canada ect.. The tsunami caused by the meteorite which destroyed the dinosaur from whole earth was "was" only 300 meters!!
Actually, if u r talking about the asteroid that hit yucatan or whatever it's called made a megatsunami that got to 3 miles high.. 5 kilometers for the Europeans..
300m by the time it hit land, peak height isn't measurable, since it literally threw water and rock up into partial orbits which came down over 10,000km from the impact site
The supposed meteor that extinguished the dinosaurs is nothing more than theory, guesswork and assumptions that cannot be proven, measured much less proven.
Video at 2× speed is closer to reality, given that the time is likely showing seconds. Obviously it takes longer for billions of cubic feet of ice to fall 3,000 feet, so the build up may be slightly slower, but the actual event was apparently only about 15 seconds going by this.
You wrong my friend, you have to consider the depth of the bay ,stop hallucinating, a wave of the size a skyscraper is not credible for a little bay like lituya.
I read in other articles that this was the biggest wave in recorded history, one that reached a height higher then that of the Empire State building. However, according to this simulation, it was the splash that made it the highest wave in recorded history, not the actual wave that was produced afterwards.
Ronny Franklin the theoretical wave that happened after the meteor that killed the wave is the biggest, though its only theoretical
Aaron Francis That’s what I’m saying
Yea agreed
Tsunami's are measured in two ways. Actual wave height and run-up. The physical wave height was still hundreds of feet tall
That’s what the guy that survived it said in an interview with some outdoors magazine.
The first wave that shoots up into the air, to the left where the glacier is, must be what the witness Bill Swanson said he saw moving over the mountain. This makes much more sense than the glacier itself lifting several hundred feet into the air, when it's still attached to the surrounding mountains.
danasuperstar It was both. The wave uplifted a part of the glacier.
The glacier itself was moved and broken apart from the earthquake as well as the massive rock fall. They happened in roughly the same section so it magnified the wave.
Glaciers by definition are masses of partially melted pack ice which are slowly sliding in some direction. They aren’t attached to anything; it’s their massive weight that keeps them so slow, but they’re always moving and shifting, very very slowly.
What an incredible sight it would have been. Not to actually be there, of course, that would be terrifying… but i wish i could see what it looked like that day. A birds eye view. Would be insane.
Actually a father and son witness it and actually took them for a ride the kid now an older senior has told his story u should look it up it’s interesting
The scary thing is there were 5 people killed in this tsunami, 3 of which were on a fishing boat in the bay when it happened. Just imagine that.
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@@iverson514922 were killed in a boat - a married couple the Wagners.
Only two people died.
😳I jumped outta my seat reading this 😳
Me too@@Zxu99_FG
In one minute the bay water basin immediately adjacent to the landslide is simultaneously ejected into the air and displaced, showing a huge tower of water and a massive water cavity exposing the seafloor, with this huge volume of water alternating between the two states as the water level slowly settled again. What a sight and sound and feel that must have been!
So it wasn't a wave it self but just the splash that marked the record of 520 meter in height
great vid. i have read a lot about this event and having this video helps comprehend the read info.
Awesome simultation! Thanks for sharing.
I've been in and out of Lituya Bay many times commercial fishing during the summers. One year during shrimping seson we stayed in Lituya Bay for 3 weeks. Truly amazing and chilling seeing the damage done all these years later. Also the wildlife is abundant, saw a Sow and her two cubs on Cenotaph island plus many others on land. Seen Moose and a Wolf, and Billy's up high above the tsunami zone.
Can't even begin to imagine what a 1,720' tsunami would even look like...ive been out in 15-20+, stood on the beach & watched 30'+...those looked BIG. But 1720ft is just ridiculous
The wave wasn’t that high (more like 60m which is still huge). The thousand foot number is how high the water ran up the other side of the bay
@@fudruckers3916 The initial giant wave right after the splash though got up to 125+ meters before splashing and causing the record breaking wave break
The high water mark was roughly 1,720 feet I think, the small size of the bay and the suddenness of the landslide made it impossible for the water to flow behind the landslide so it grew to enormous heights. Taller than the Empire State Building. Yikes. @techcv Are you taking a college course in geology? If so, where?
Nah. I doubt it. Show me a video, or picture, or it's as believable as a meteor made out of donuts.
This must've been scary to see in person.
I wish that it was more recently because if there was footage that would be insane to watch
thx i need this for my project
Great job.
This would have been amazing to see
How about simulation of "Sarez Lake" damm breaking - the most powerful disaster in the near future?
Thank you!
Well, I did say "water provided the energy" somewhere up there :)).
Yea, definitely one of the things I’ve ever seen
well someone had alot of dynamite
Rip to the tiny little island that got hit by that massive tsunami.
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1,720 foot wave.
That depends on who's foot you are metering. We'll better say it had 520 meters height... ;)
I dont think it's just the water that splashed caused the trees to be uprooted, perhaps it was the chunks of ice + rocks that washed the opposite bank and shaved off the trees. See how the tsunami in Miyagi did that to the houses? Water provide the energy, the uprooting of trees caused by the solid matter contents in the splashing water.
"It's a bird !"
"No, it's a plane !"
"NOO ! IT'S A FCKING TSUNAMI WAVE"
You would've been alright if you were on that little island in the middle 👍🏻
Higher...
I think the 1700ft isn’t explained right. They are saying 1700 feet, but saying the water went up to 1700ft meaning with momentum it pushed its way up 1700ft into the coast. I don’t necessarily think it was a 1700ft tall wave.
The little heightmap up the top shows it didn't go above 250m
Oceans ate alaska
Plus de 520 mètres de haut. La vague aurait pu submerger l'Empire State Building de New York. Plusieurs vagues secondaires ont dépassé 200 mètres de haut.
Seriously Guys..... For 524 meters We need all the lake....
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
pls someone make a good realistic real-time render of this!!
I thought this is 1958's megatsunami simulation. but thumbs up for a good simulation!
Keren
Smallest tsunami ever😂
Underwhelmingly impressive
@topthrilldragster20 524m ...... alot.
That wave is pretty bad bone.
I want 1,000 m wave!!!
Ok?
That simulation lacks the over-wash on the southern peninsula where they originally said their boat set down. I believe them, but cant the scientists stop trying to be animators? I do like their graphics, don't get me wrong, but they rode one wave, not twenty as in the sims.
Marko Barrows whos boat? This video isn’t about a boat
I thought the two witnesses - father and son - rode the wave over Cenotaph Island in the center. But the modeling does not show the island being submerged.
aint no way in hell it would only produce 1 wave considering it is in a cramped space and is going to hit the mountain sides again and again
Why is this called a "tsunami?" It's not a tsunami.
There did happen a 3000 m wave search Prehistoric Mega Tsunamis in Wikipedia.
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Unbelivable that landslide could produce a wave like that! Would imagine that the damages would be 1000 times serious! Wave rolling throught whole Alaska and Canada ect.. The tsunami caused by the meteorite which destroyed the dinosaur from whole earth was "was" only 300 meters!!
Actually, if u r talking about the asteroid that hit yucatan or whatever it's called made a megatsunami that got to 3 miles high.. 5 kilometers for the Europeans..
@@dilennoris6547 science'd. amazing.
@@dilennoris6547 no proof
300m by the time it hit land, peak height isn't measurable, since it literally threw water and rock up into partial orbits which came down over 10,000km from the impact site
The supposed meteor that extinguished the dinosaurs is nothing more than theory, guesswork and assumptions that cannot be proven, measured much less proven.
Video at 2× speed is closer to reality, given that the time is likely showing seconds. Obviously it takes longer for billions of cubic feet of ice to fall 3,000 feet, so the build up may be slightly slower, but the actual event was apparently only about 15 seconds going by this.
Are you serious? Those are minutes and seconds
I don't believe, for even a second, that there has been a wave this big, that wasn't caused by a meteor.
i dont think you understand how much rock was launched into the water
It was not 500 m but 60 meters , how can you imagine a 500 m wave, just impossible
If you nuked the ocean or something it might be possible.
i don't know , may be in ocean but in relative small bay like lituya ,It's impossible.
You wrong my friend, you have to consider the depth of the bay ,stop hallucinating, a wave of the size a skyscraper is not credible for a little bay like lituya.
Serious experts said 60 meters, continue your searches you ll find,60 m is already a mega-tsunami,
It was 1720 feet which is 500+ meters
kkk
I cannot believe that it was 524 metrers and 1,720 feet. Its HOLY
Thumbs up if you cant believe this
It doesn't hit anything far nor relevant from there
This seems like a bad simulation.
I believe so I will thumbs down.
Fake